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Japan climate finance money invested in India, Bangladesh coal plants

Climate finance money meant to go to poor countries to help limit carbon emissions Despite mounting protests, Japan continues to finance the building of coal-fired power plants with money earmarked for fighting climate change, with two new projects underway in India and Bangladesh, The Associated Press has found. The AP reported in December that Japan […]

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North Dakota considers austerity due to low oil prices

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Two-year North Dakota state revenue projections drop from $8.3B to $3B Two years ago, North Dakota was so flush with money from the energy boom that lawmakers spent over $1 million to spruce up the cafe at the state capitol. Now, the fall in oil prices has tightened the revenue tap and the nation’s fastest-growing

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Calgarian behind revolutionary Texas produced water technology

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Texas produced water solution developed by Sandbox Resource Solutions By David Wiechnik In west Texas, where water is scarce, Sandbox Resource Solutions has successfully introduced a cutting-edge produced water recycling technology that is welcomed by local oil and gas producers. Founded in 2012 by Calgary-native Chris Tesarski, the small Abilene, Texas-based company has developed

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Meagre western US snowpack contributes to waning hydro power

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Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada at 12 per cent of average Flying over the Sierra Nevada as California entered its fourth year of drought, the state’s energy chief looked down and saw stark bare granite cloaked in dirty brown haze, not the usual pristine white peaks heaped with snow that would run the state’s hydroelectric

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Keeping the US oil boom going with new technology, lower costs

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US oil finding new ways to remain competitive OPEC and lower global oil prices delivered a one-two punch to the drillers in North Dakota and Texas who brought the U.S. one of the biggest booms in the history of the global oil industry. Now they are fighting back. Companies are leaning on new techniques and

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China, US carbon negotiations – countries closer, more co-operative

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Two largest greenhouse gas emitters working on carbon negotiations A U.S. envoy for climate change said Friday that China and the U.S. are working more closely than ever ahead of a conference this year in Paris that raises hopes for a global plan to cut greenhouse emissions. Special Envoy Todd Stern told reporters in Beijing

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US Oil, natural gas drillers must disclose fracking chemicals

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Changes to fracking chemicals rules take effect in June The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the first major federal regulation of the controversial drilling technique that has sparked an ongoing boom in natural gas production

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Climate change could decrease wetland carbon storage

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Climate change evaporation may lead to change of ecosystem that does not accumulate carbon By Helen Metella for the University of Alberta U of A study shows climate change may contribute to making peatlands less able to store carbon. A University of Alberta Faculty of Agriculture, Life, Environmental Sciences researcher in wildland fires has helped show that

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